775 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
693 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
667 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
533 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2637 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
610 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
715 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
728 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
430 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1219 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
436 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
548 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
372 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17759 | Morohashi |
601 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
391 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
753 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
- 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
- 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
- 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction
Kun reading compounds
- 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
- 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
- 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten
Readings
- Korean:
- gam
Spanish
- menguar
- decrecer
- disminuir
- resta
- acortar
Portuguese
- definhar
- decréscimo
- reduzir
- decadência
- encurtar
- obter
- com fome
French
- diminuer
- réduire
- décliner
- décroître
- avoir faim
359 | 2001 Kanji |
3a9.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
3315.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6e1b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1432 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衰退 【スイタイ】 decline, degeneration, decay, waning, ebbing
- 衰弱 【スイジャク】 weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration
- 減衰 【ゲンスイ】 attenuation, damping, decay
- 盛衰 【セイスイ】 rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes
Kun reading compounds
- 衰える 【おとろえる】 to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away
Readings
- Korean:
- soe, choe
Spanish
- declinar
- rehusar
- menguar
- debilitarse
Portuguese
- decadência
- decadente
- enfraquecer
French
- déclin
- diminuer
- s'affaiblir
1456 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1577 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
312 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1501 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1725 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1676 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1791 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1805 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1622 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2604 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1333 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1806 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1908 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34127 | Morohashi |
2100 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5432 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1890 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2037 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1388 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
465 | 2001 Kanji |
2j8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
0073.2 | Four corner code |
1-31-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8870 | Unicode hex code |